On Imagination ••• by Mary Ruefle

On Imagination ••• by Mary Ruefle

Author:Mary Ruefle [Mary Ruefle]
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946448026


There is a Ukrainian art, the art of dyeing Easter eggs using extremely vivid colors and extremely intricate patterns. The Ukrainians, however, don’t first empty the eggs, as we do, by extracting the liquid through a pinhole in the bottom of the egg. They use fresh eggs just as they are, and unless you are very clumsy and accidentally crack one, the eggs over time, over months, will not rot or smell but slowly dry out until the liquid inside is desiccated; you can even pick them up and shake them like rattles. Ukranians do this because eggs are a symbol of life and it is inconceivable to them that anyone would drain the life out of an egg at Easter, the time of coming to life again, both the coming to life again of Jesus Christ and the coming to life again of all things that grow. I suppose, in a superstitious way, it would be bad luck. But in fact, on that first Easter morning, the cave Jesus had been buried in was found empty, so why the fear of emptiness? Couldn’t an empty egg be a symbol of the empty cave from which Jesus had arisen? Would that be a mistake, or just another take on events?

When I had this thought, was I using my imagination? Again, I tell you that I do not know the difference.



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